original descriptionPackard, A. S. Jr.; Puntnam (1872). The mammoth Cave and its inhabitants. American Naturalist, 5 page(s): 748 [details]
additional sourceRyder, J. A. (1880). List of the North American species of the Lysiopetalidae, with a blind form, Zyganopus n.g. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 3(1881): 524-529 page(s): 527 [details]
additional sourceCook, O. F.; Collins, G. N. (1895). The Craspedosomatidae of North America. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 9: 1-100. New York, available online athttp://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35260543 page(s): 55 [details]
additional sourceLoomis, H. F. (1943). New cave and epigean millipeds of the United States, with notes on some estabished species. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 92(7): 371-410. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. page(s): 386 [details]
additional sourceShear, W. A. (1972). Studies in the milliped order Chordeumida (Diplopoda). A revision of the family Cleidogonidae and a reclassification of the order Chordeumida in the New World. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 144: 151-352. Cambridge page(s): 279 [details]
additional sourceHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 page(s): 235 [details]
source of synonymyHoffman, R. L. (1999). Checklist of the millipedes of North and Middle America. <em>Virginia Museum of Natural History, special publication.</em> 8: 1-584., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63590410 page(s): 235 [details]
source of synonymyJeekel, C. A. W. (1971). Nomenclator generum et familiarum Diplopodorum: A list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Diplopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957. Monografieen van de Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging, 5: 1-412. Amsterdam, available online athttps://nev.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Mono-05-Jeekel-1970-OCR.pdf page(s): 79 [details]
new combination referenceLoomis, H. F. (1939). The millipeds collected in Appalachian caves by Mr. Kenneth Dearolf. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 86(4): 165-193. Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. page(s): 180; note: Scoterpes copei [details]
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